LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1947 (GRANTS)

HC Deb 03 April 1952 vol 498 cc165-6W

Mr. J. Taylor

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government the amount paid annually under the Local Government Act, 1947, by way of Exchequer Equalisation Grant and Exchequer Transitional Grant for the administrative county of Durham and for the county council of Lanarkshire.

Mr. H. Macmillan

The amounts paid to the county council of Durham are as follows:

	Exchequer Equalisation Grant	Exchequer Transitional Grant
	£	£
1948–49	2,368,000	Nil
1949–50	2,741,887	Nil
1950–51	2,874,317	Nil
1951–52	2,610,030	Nil

I understand from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State that the corresponding figures for the country council of Lanarkshire are:

	Exchequer Equalisation Grant	Exchequer Transitional Grant
	£	£
1948–49	523,422	Nil
1949–50	767,724	Nil
1950–51	472,808	Nil
1951–52	609,768	Nil

Mr. J. Taylor

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government the gross amount paid annually under the Local Government Act, 1947, by way of Exchequer Equalisation Grant and Exchequer Transitional Grant for Wales and for Scotland.

Mr. H. Macmillan

The total amounts paid to county and county borough councils in Wales are as follows:

	Exchequer Equalisation Grant	Exchequer Transitional Grant
	£	£
1948–49	6,425,000	Nil
1949–50	7,728,054	Nil
1950–51	7,927,654	Nil
1951–52	8,215,456	Nil

I understand from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State that the correspondinf figures for Scotland are:

	Exchequer Equalisation Grant	Exchequer Transitional Grant
	£	£
1948–49	4,658,228	198,861
1949–50	6,248,983	378,652
1950–51	5,119,564	339,842
1951–52	5,190,717	201,357

Mr. J. Taylor

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government the amount paid annually under the Local Government Act, 1947, by way of Exchequer Equalisation Grant and Exchequer Transitional Grant to the city of Birmingham and to the city of Glasgow.

Mr. H. Macmillan

The amounts paid to the county borough council of Birmingham are as follows:

	Exchequer Equalisation Grant	Exchequer Transitional Grant
	£	£
1948–49	970,000	Nil
1949–50	1,029,858	Nil
1950–51	1,036,183	Nil
1951–52	1,268,955	Nil

I understand from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State that the corresponding figures for the City of Glasgow are:

	Exchequer Equalisation Grant	Exchequer Transitional Grant
	£	£
1948–49	242,053	Nil
1949–50	Nil	Nil
1950–51	Nil	Nil
1951–52	Nil	Nil